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it_o be_v either_o a_o metaphor_n draw_v from_o the_o similitude_n christ_n have_v with_o our_o word_n metaphor_n for_o as_o our_o word_n express_v our_o mind_n to_o those_o we_o converse_v withal_o so_o christ_n express_v the_o will_n of_o god_n to_o man_n second_o by_o a_o metonymy_n metonymy_n because_o christ_n be_v the_o author_n of_o that_o word_n which_o most_o eminent_o aught_o to_o be_v call_v such_o because_o it_o be_v more_o profitable_a and_o more_o excellent_a than_o all_o other_o therefore_o say_v he_o as_o christ_n sometime_o use_v a_o metaphor_n call_v himself_o a_o vine_n a_o shepherd_n a_o gate_n because_o he_o may_v most_o fit_o be_v compare_v to_o these_o and_o now_o speak_v metonimycal_o he_o say_v he_o be_v the_o truth_n the_o life_n and_o the_o resurrection_n because_o he_o be_v the_o author_n and_o cause_n of_o these_o so_o here_o etc._n etc._n thus_o far_o he_o in_o which_o he_o and_o they_o have_v take_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o pain_n to_o raise_v mud_n in_o and_o darken_v this_o clear_a stream_n sect._n 5._o to_o which_o i_o shall_v say_v first_o that_o these_o figure_n be_v often_o use_v by_o christ_n understand_v and_o such_o expression_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o divinity_n more_o clear_o intelligible_a but_o when_o they_o be_v use_v by_o he_o he_o give_v we_o some_o intimation_n to_o his_o auditor_n how_o he_o shall_v understand_v they_o figurative_o only_a either_o in_o that_o place_n or_o some_o other_o otherwise_o a_o man_n will_v hardly_o assent_v to_o he_o in_o any_o but_o a_o literal_a sense_n there_o be_v abundance_n of_o other_o such_o like_a name_n affirm_v of_o our_o saviour_n beside_o those_o particular_o specify_v by_o he_o in_o this_o place_n all_o which_o to_o handle_v will_v require_v a_o volume_n i_o will_v not_o therefore_o engage_v upon_o they_o but_o these_o he_o instance_v in_o now_o i_o will_v touch_v upon_o that_o by_o they_o the_o rest_n may_v be_v discern_v first_o than_o he_o call_v himself_o a_o vine_n vine_n john_n 15.1_o i_o be_o the_o true_a vine_n that_o be_v i_o be_o like_o a_o true_a vine_n a_o true_a not_o a_o false_a vine_n which_o look_n like_o a_o vine_n but_o be_v not_o a_o true_a vine_n that_o may_v be_v confide_v in_o which_o will_v bring_v forth_o fruit_n and_o not_o deceive_v the_o husbandman_n now_o that_o you_o may_v discern_v the_o similitude_n observe_v he_o adde'_v my_o father_n be_v the_o husbandman_n and_o so_o go_v on_o with_o the_o branch_n which_o evident_o show_v that_o it_o be_v a_o similitude_n for_o the_o second_o john_n 10.11_o i_o be_o the_o good_a shepherd_n shepherd_n he_o explain_n it_n immediate_o a_o good_a shepherd_n give_v his_o life_n for_o his_o sheep_n and_o so_o along_o in_o that_o chapter_n he_o shew_v how_o his_o sheep_n be_v righteous_a which_o make_v it_o apparent_a that_o it_o be_v a_o similitude_n again_o his_o last_o metaphor_n be_v use_v in_o the_o same_o chapter_n ver_fw-la 7._o i_o be_o the_o door_n of_o the_o sheep_n door_n we_o 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which_o name_n do_v import_v a_o restraint_n and_o confinement_n but_o be_v the_o perfection_n of_o all_o these_o so_o that_o no_o perfection_n of_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v deny_v of_o that_o which_o be_v infinite_a essential_o to_o say_v that_o this_o infinite_a be_v not_o that_o let_v we_o conceive_v a_o line_n infinite_a imagine_v such_o a_o thing_n this_o line_n you_o can_v say_v it_o be_v a_o span_n a_o foot_n a_o yard_n or_o mile_n long_o yet_o it_o contain_v in_o it_o all_o these_o measure_n without_o their_o limitation_n so_o do_v a_o infinite_a being_n contain_v all_o being_n without_o confinement_n in_o a_o more_o excellent_a and_o eminent_a manner_n what_o i_o have_v speak_v concern_v that_o which_o be_v infinite_a in_o essence_n or_o be_v may_v be_v apply_v to_o all_o other_o infinite_n in_o immensity_n in_o quantity_n what_o be_v immense_a must_v be_v beyond_o all_o bound_n of_o quantity_n it_o must_v have_v no_o limit_n but_o contain_v eminent_o all_o quantity_n in_o it_o so_o must_v number_n be_v likewise_o if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o which_o i_o shall_v disprove_v god_n will_v hereafter_o so_o must_v in_o respect_n of_o duration_n eternity_n be_v it_o must_v comprehend_v all_o duration_n and_o its_o self_n be_v without_o beginning_n and_o end_n so_o must_v all_o infinite_n in_o respect_n of_o quality_n be_v in_o regard_n of_o wisdom_n of_o mercy_n of_o power_n comprehend_v all_o those_o act_n of_o those_o quality_n which_o be_v in_o that_o which_o be_v finite_a and_o themselves_o be_v without_o all_o bound_n and_o limit_n hâ—uâ—ng_v thus_o explain_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o infinity_n let_v we_o return_v to_o that_o which_o occasion_v this_o discourse_n neither_o man_n nor_o any_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o infinite_a say_v he_o can_v have_v any_o conceit_n of_o that_o which_o be_v infinite_a conceptionem_fw-la ullam_fw-la be_v his_o phrase_n sect._n 5._o infinite_a this_o i_o disprove_v for_o although_o a_o man_n understanding_n be_v finite_a 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against_o which_o he_o have_v dispute_v in_o his_o natural_a philosophy_n although_o many_o learned_a be_v of_o opinion_n against_o he_o and_o therefore_o have_v a_o conceit_n of_o it_o man_n may_v and_o learned_a man_n have_v express_v their_o opinion_n to_o be_v of_o a_o infinite_a thing_n which_o be_v not_o that_o be_v of_o a_o infinite_a vacuity_n beyond_o the_o heaven_n which_o give_v bound_n to_o this_o visible_a world_n &_o therefore_o have_v a_o conceit_n of_o that_o infinite_a which_o they_o dispute_v for_o man_n have_v have_v a_o conceit_n and_o methinks_v he_o be_v not_o far_o from_o it_o that_o this_o world_n have_v have_v a_o eternal_a be_v and_o therefore_o they_o have_v a_o conceit_n of_o this_o we_o call_v eternity_n which_o be_v a_o infinite_a duration_n man_n have_v a_o conceit_n of_o infinity_n of_o number_n and_o therefore_o somewhere_o in_o his_o book_n of_o philosophy_n i_o have_v forget_v where_o he_o most_o ingenious_o express_v it_o that_o if_o a_o man_n hand_n be_v as_o active_a as_o his_o head_n or_o to_o this_o purpose_n he_o may_v divide_v any_o quantity_n into_o infinite_a part_n his_o head_n then_o be_v able_a to_o do_v it_o and_o then_o he_o must_v needs_o have_v a_o conceit_n of_o his_o own_o work_n he_o speak_v therefore_o too_o much_o when_o he_o say_v no_o finite_a thing_n can_v have_v any_o conceit_n of_o that_o be_v infinite_a a_o conceit_n it_o may_v have_v but_o a_o imperfect_a one_o and_o so_o i_o go_v on_o with_o he_o sect._n 6._o neque_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la ab_fw-la effectu_fw-la quocunque_fw-la neither_o say_v he_o if_o a_o man_n from_o any_o effect_n to_o its_o immediate_a cause_n and_o from_o thence_o to_o his_o more_o remote_a and_o so_o continual_o shall_v ascend_v by_o a_o most_o right_a reason_n yet_o he_o can_v proceed_v to_o that_o which_o be_v eternal_a but_o be_v tire_v shall_v flag_n at_o the_o last_o and_o be_v ignorant_a whether_o he_o can_v go_v further_o or_o no_o thus_o far_o he_o a_o ingenuous_a and_o handsome_a expression_n i_o confess_v but_o how_o true_a will_v be_v examine_v and_o first_o i_o hope_v mr._n hobbes_n will_v not_o say_v he_o be_v the_o wise_a man_n that_o ever_o be_v in_o the_o world_n or_o that_o he_o only_o find_v out_o right_a reason_n and_o yet_o he_o speak_v somewhat_o like_o this_o now_o and_o then_o but_o howsoever_o because_o i_o write_v not_o only_o to_o he_o but_o to_o other_o man_n and_o i_o hope_v he_o harh_n not_o gain_v a_o universal_a esteem_n of_o such_o with_o the_o generality_n i_o thus_o answer_v there_o be_v never_o any_o sort_n of_o reason_v man_n who_o deny_v a_o eternity_n opinion_n for_o whether_o they_o hold_v the_o world_n have_v a_o beginning_n or_o no_o beginning_n which_o all_o do_v and_o must_v do_v those_o which_o hold_v it_o have_v no_o beginning_n as_o aristotle_n in_o my_o judgement_n hold_v the_o world_n eternal_a those_o which_o hold_v it_o have_v a_o beginning_n from_o water_n as_o thales_n or_o air_n as_o anaximenes_n or_o fire_n as_o heraclitus_n or_o from_o atom_n as_o democritus_n by_o chance_n meet_v together_o in_o the_o great_a and_o infinite_a vacuum_n not_o to_o lose_v time_n in_o confute_v all_o or_o any_o of_o these_o which_o be_v most_o absurd_a yet_o all_o these_o that_o hold_v it_o be_v principiate_v by_o these_o mean_n hold_v likewise_o that_o that_o principle_n be_v eternal_a so_o likewise_o plato_n his_o idea_n and_o chaos_n be_v eternal_a let_v we_o from_o the_o fact_n consider_v the_o manner_n in_o one_o or_o two_o instance_n if_o with_o democritus_n we_o make_v the_o world_n constitute_v by_o atom_n when_o we_o resolve_v these_o mix_a body_n into_o their_o principle_n we_o come_v to_o their_o element_n then_o with_o democritus_n those_o element_n may_v be_v resolve_v into_o their_o atom_n by_o aristotle_n into_o their_o principle_n matter_n form_n and_o privation_n these_o atom_n according_a to_o democritus_n be_v eternal_a that_o matter_n according_a to_o aristotle_n so_o here_o be_v 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